Garment-fastener.



No. 791,052. I PATENTED MAY 30, 1905.

A. F. P. STENZY.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.22,1904.

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Patented May 30. 1905.

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PATENT AUGUST F. P. STENZY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. ASSIGNOR OF THREE-SIXTHS TO MIEOZYSLAWV BARABASZ AND ONE-S1XTH TO STEPHANIA BARABASZ, OFBALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,052, dated May 30,1905.

Application filed December 22, 1904. Serial No. 237,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST F. P. STENZY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved garment-holder orstocking-engaging device.

The object of the invention is to provide a stocking-holding device thatcan be stamped or cut out by dies from sheet metal. A complete garter orhose-supporter is formed when the device is connected with a suitableband 5 or piece of webbing.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 shows a complete garter, the metal parts of same comprising myinvention. Fig.

2 is a view separately of the metal stockingengaging device. Fig. 3 isan edge view of same. Fig. 1 is a sectional view of same and of theband, showing the manner of connecting the band therewith.

2 5 The letter a designatesa band of any suitable fabric, at one end ofwhich is secured a metal eyepiece Z), having a perforation I) at one endand three crosswise slots, in one of which suitable teeth project fromthe eye 3 piece. The construction of this eyepiece, however, isimmaterial, and forms no part of the present invention. The other end ofthe fabric band is provided with my improved metal stocking-engagingdevice C.

The stocking-engaging device comprises a U-shaped head (Z, one arm ofwhich has a frame 0 attached, and the other arm has teeth or prongs f,which project laterally toward the frame-arm. The frame 6 consists oftwo 4 side bars 4:, attached to one arm of the U-head, and threecross-bars 5, which form three open spaces or slots 1 2 3. Teeth 6 areon the crossbar that forms the open slot 2, adjoining the U- hcad. Itwill be observed that the middle scribed.

arm of the U-head which has the frame 6. In the operation of the devicethis hook engages with the hole 6 of the eyepiece b.

The frame 6 has the special construction here shown and described forthe purpose of being readily attached to the end of a band or piece ofwebbing a without stitching. This is illustrated in Fig. 4:. Inconnecting the stocking-engaging device C with the band a the end of theband is first inserted from the under side up through the side slot 1,then is carried over the two cross-bars and narrow middle slot 3 andinserted down through the slot 2, then under the cross-bar having theteeth 6 and upward through the narrow middle slot 3 and over thecross-bar between the slots 3 and 1, and finally down through the wideslot 1. Two thicknesses of band will thus be over the cross-bar betweenslots 3 and 1 and also two thicknesses in the wide slot 1, but only onethickness in the narrow slot 3. By then drawing tightly on the band theteeth 6 will pene- 7 trate the band and prevent the parts from slipping.Thus no stitching is required to attach the device 0 to the band a.

To fasten the garter or hose-supporter about the leg. it is onlynecessary to place the band at around the leg above the calf, then withthe fingers form a gather in the stockingand slip the U-head (Z sidewiseto let the gather enter between the two arms of the U-head, thenslightly draw on the device to cause the teeth 86,

f to penetrate the said gathered part of the stocking, and finallyengage the hook g in the hole 6 of the eyepiece. The band will thentighten around the leg and the stocking will be supported. 3 5

This device has been described with reference to its use as a holder orsupporter for stockings. It is obvious, however, it may be used as afastener for the straps on the backs of trousers and on the backs ofvests, and for 9 such use the hook g may be dispensed with. It will beunderstood that the arrangement of slots and teeth on the fastenerdevice C enables the same to be readily attached and adjusted on thefabric band without the necessity of stitching.

a hole, I), and a st0ckingengagingdevice havinga U-shaped head, d, onearm of which has teeth, f, and the other arm a frame attached to theother end of said band, and a hook, g,

the frame said hook adapted to engage the hole of the eyepiece, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST F. P. STENZY. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J12, FELIX R. SULLIVAN.

on that arm of the U-shaped head which has'

